MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Eightieth Session April 10, 2019 The Committee on Government Affairs was called to order by Chair Edgar Flores at 8:35 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Room 4100 of the Legislative Building, 401 South Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada. The meeting was videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 East Washington Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada. Copies of the minutes, including the Agenda (Exhibit A), the Attendance Roster (Exhibit B), and other substantive exhibits, are available and on file in the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and on the Nevada Legislature's website at www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Assemblyman Edgar Flores, Chair Assemblyman William McCurdy II, Vice Chair Assemblyman Alex Assefa Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod Assemblyman Richard Carrillo Assemblywoman Bea Duran Assemblyman John Ellison Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow Assemblyman Gregory T. Hafen II Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy Assemblyman Glen Leavitt Assemblywoman Susie Martinez Assemblywoman Connie Munk COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Assemblyman Greg Smith (excused) GUEST LEGISLATORS PRESENT: Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner, Assembly District No. 26 Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, Assembly District No. 39 Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, Assembly District No. 41 Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, Assembly District No. 1 Minutes ID: 808 *CM808* Assembly Committee on Government Affairs April 10, 2019 Page 2 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jered McDonald, Committee Policy Analyst Asher Killian, Committee Counsel Geigy Stringer, Committee Secretary Trinity Thom, Committee Assistant OTHERS PRESENT: Emily Ku, Management Analyst, Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs, Department of Business and Industry Eva G. Segerblom, Board Member, Nevada Justice Association Maria Jacobi, Private Citizen, Enterprise, Nevada Marcus Conklin, representing Nevada Mortgage Lenders Association Joice Bass, Attorney, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Larry R. Hartman, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Mark Leon, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Michael Kosor, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Donald Schaefer, Private Citizen, Las Nevada, Nevada Pete Bartholow, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Mark Stone, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Barney Wadley, Private Citizen, Dayton, Nevada Garrett D. Gordon, representing Nevada Chapter of Community Associations Institute; and Southern Highlands Homeowners Association Donna Zanetti, Co-Chair, Nevada Legislative Action Committee, Community Associations Institute Marilyn Brainard, representing Nevada Chapter of Community Associations Institute Valerie Hand, Private Citizen, Sun Valley, Nevada Chuck Niggemeyer, Private Citizen, Las Vegas, Nevada Randy Ecklund, Executive Director, Community Management, The Howard Hughes Corporation Michael W. McKelleb, Private Citizen, Henderson, Nevada Norm Rosensteel, Co-Chair, Nevada Legislative Action Committee, Community Associations Institute Jeffrey Lofy, Private Citizen, Sparks, Nevada Tonya Bates, Private Citizen, Sparks, Nevada Al Delmue, Private Citizen, Sparks, Nevada Sharath Chandra, Administrator, Real Estate Division, Department of Business and Industry Miles Dickson, Chief of Staff, Office of the State Treasurer JoVon Sotak, Executive Grant Analyst, Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination, and Management, Department of Administration Helen Foley, representing Nevada Community Foundation Heidi S. Parker, Vice Chair, Alliance for Nevada Nonprofits; and Executive Director, Immunize Nevada Assembly Committee on Government Affairs April 10, 2019 Page 3 Jared Busker, Associate Director, Children's Advocacy Alliance Michael Hackett, representing Nevada Public Health Association Mark H. Fiorentino, representing John Ritter, Chairman, Nevada Advisory Council on Federal Assistance Amber Stidham, Director of Government Affairs, Henderson Chamber of Commerce Chair Flores: [Roll was called. Committee rules and protocol were explained.] We have an agenda that we intend to take slightly out of order, and also I wanted to alert everybody on Assemblywoman Krasner's Assembly Bill 257, on which she has worked very diligently with a group of stakeholders for the past couple of weeks, and I am very appreciative of her trying to include everybody in that dialog. Her spirit was in the right place and she has been trying to work with everybody. We are going to hold a work session for that document now. For the sake of clarity, we are going to have our committee assistant pass around the new conceptual amendment that Assemblywoman Krasner has. It is my understanding that she is turning her bill into a feasibility study. I think that is a great place to start. Again, Assemblywoman, I am very appreciative of your working with everybody and reaching out to different members of the community and ensuring that everybody had a voice. I understand you had a great meeting on Sunday and I wanted to thank you for that. I want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to look over the work session document that is being handed out now. Afterwards I will hand it over to Mr. McDonald to address what is in your conceptual amendment, and then I will entertain a motion. Assembly Bill 257: Provides for the establishment of the Nevada State Holocaust Museum. (BDR 33-1039) Jered McDonald, Committee Policy Analyst: Assembly Bill 257 provides for the establishment of the Nevada State Holocaust Museum and was sponsored by Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner and others and heard in this Committee on March 29, 2019. The bill establishes the Holocaust Museum within the Division of Museums and History of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. We did have a couple of amendments. The first one, sent in prior to the meeting, that the museum shall be privately funded and a feasibility study shall be completed within two years from the date the act becomes effective or not later than July 1, 2021. We also received another amendment that clarifies that any gifts, grants, and donations that are sent in to the Division of Museums and History would be held in a separate account specifically for the Nevada State Holocaust Museum. And finally, we have some requests for cosponsors, and those are Senators Heidi Gansert and Ben Kieckhefer and Assemblymen Alexander Assefa, John Hambrick, and Jim Wheeler (Exhibit C). Chair Flores: Members, I would like to entertain a motion to amend and do pass Assembly Bill 257. ASSEMBLYWOMAN BILBRAY-AXELROD MADE A MOTION TO AMEND AND DO PASS ASSEMBLY BILL 257. Assembly Committee on Government Affairs April 10, 2019 Page 4 ASSEMBLYWOMAN GORELOW SECONDED THE MOTION. Members, is there any discussion? THE MOTION PASSED. (ASSEMBLYMAN SMITH WAS ABSENT FOR THE VOTE.) Assemblywoman Krasner, if you would have that floor statement, please. Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner, Assembly District No. 26: Thank you, Chair Flores and members of the Committee. I appreciate your time. Nothing in the bill or in the two amendments I propose shall be construed to mean that a museum must be built by any specific date. Chair Flores: Thank you for the hard work that you put into this bill. I know there were many people interested in it, and I appreciate your working with everybody. Next, we have Assembly Bill 246, which revises provisions relating to business entities. Assembly Bill 246: Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996) Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, Assembly District No. 39: I am here today to present Assembly Bill 246. As you can see by the conceptual amendment (Exhibit D), the bill has been changed from creating a Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. It will now be a subcommittee of the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs. I believe it becomes a very, very simple bill. Since I have said it is a simple bill, I am now going to turn everything over to Assemblyman Leavitt. Assemblyman Glen Leavitt, Assembly District No. 23: I am excited and pleased to present Assembly Bill 246 for your consideration. I appreciate the opportunity to present it to you today. Assembly Bill 246 aims to promote the inclusion and advocacy for the fastest-growing group in our country and state. The United States Asian population grew 72 percent between 2000 and 2015, from 11.9 million to 20.4 million—the fastest growth rate of any major racial or ethnic group. Nevada has the seventeenth-highest number of Asian residents among U.S. states. Of the top 20 states on the list, Nevada's Asian population experienced the biggest swell from 2000 to 2010, more than doubling in size. Currently, the mission of the Commission on Minority Affairs is to advocate for and to provide a voice to minorities residing in the state, and they have done an excellent job. The Commission provides study and discussion on education, housing, employment, civil rights, health, political empowerment, and economic development. The goal of A.B. 246 is to complement the work of that Commission by ensuring and establishing the Asian and Pacific Islander subcommittee within the Minority Affairs Commission. Assembly Committee on Government Affairs April 10, 2019 Page 5 After talking to members and different stakeholders, I would like to formally submit the conceptual amendment to the bill (Exhibit D), which will incorporate those changes. I will go through the amendment. The conceptual amendment deletes sections 2 through 6 of the original bill, as well as sections 8 and 9. Under section 2, the new language seeks to